diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3d0428d..5da6f31 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ async function runGlobs(options: Options, pluginsDefaultOptions: PluginsOptions,
 
   const ignoreManualFilesNames = options.ignore ? options.ignorePath || [] : [];
   const ignoreManualFilesPaths = ignoreManualFilesNames.map((fileName) => path.resolve(fileName));
-  const ignoreManualFilesContents = await Promise.all(ignoreManualFilesPaths.map((filePath) => fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8")));
+  const ignoreManualFilesContents = await Promise.all(ignoreManualFilesPaths.map(async (filePath) => {
+    try {
+      return await fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8");
+    } catch {
+      // Treat a missing file as if it was empty (no ignores)
+      return "";
+    }
+  }));
   const ignoreManualFoldersPaths = ignoreManualFilesPaths.map(path.dirname);
   const ignoreManual = getIgnoreBys(ignoreManualFoldersPaths, ignoreManualFilesContents.map(castArray));
 
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.customignore b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.customignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f93ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.customignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignored-by-customignore.js
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.prettierignore b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34fe7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/file-info-test/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignored-by-prettierignore.js
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.customignore b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.customignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f93ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.customignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignored-by-customignore.js
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.gitignore b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c7c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.js
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.prettierignore b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34fe7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignored-by-prettierignore.js
diff --git a/test/__tests__/ignore-path.js b/test/__tests__/ignore-path.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d059ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__tests__/ignore-path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { runCli } from "../utils";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+
+// `.js` files are ignored in `.gitignore`
+const files = [
+  "ignored-by-customignore.js",
+  "ignored-by-gitignore.js",
+  "ignored-by-prettierignore.js",
+].map(
+  (file) =>
+    new URL(`../__fixtures__/ignore-path/ignore-path-test/${file}`, import.meta.url),
+);
+const clean = () =>
+  Promise.all(files.map((file) => fs.rm(file, { force: true })));
+const setup = () =>
+  Promise.all(files.map((file) => fs.writeFile(file, "   a+   b")));
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await setup();
+});
+afterAll(clean);
+
+const getUnformattedFiles = async (args) => {
+  const { stdout } = await runCli("ignore-path/ignore-path-test/", [
+    "**/*.js",
+    "-l",
+    ...args,
+  ]);
+  return stdout ? stdout.split("\n").sort() : [];
+};
+
+test("custom ignore path", async () => {
+  expect(await getUnformattedFiles(["--ignore-path", ".customignore"])).toEqual(
+    ["ignored-by-gitignore.js", "ignored-by-prettierignore.js"],
+  );
+});
+
+test("ignore files by .prettierignore and .gitignore by default", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await getUnformattedFiles(["--ignore-path", ".non-exists-ignore-file"]),
+  ).toEqual([
+    "ignored-by-customignore.js",
+    "ignored-by-gitignore.js",
+    "ignored-by-prettierignore.js",
+  ]);
+  expect(await getUnformattedFiles([])).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+test("multiple `--ignore-path`", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await getUnformattedFiles([
+      "--ignore-path",
+      ".customignore",
+      "--ignore-path",
+      ".prettierignore",
+      "--ignore-path",
+      ".non-exists-ignore-file",
+    ]),
+  ).toEqual(["ignored-by-gitignore.js"]);
+});